bryan boyer@bryanboyer·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgrOr: lesson in how privately owned platforms are a dangerous way to pay your bills. RT @vgr: The new pink slip.Quote TweetGene Linetsky@GeneLinetsky·Aug 28, 2015AirBNB why did you terminate my account? — An Open Letter to AirBNB — Being an AirBNB Superhost http://fb.me/5dtYHZYUY133
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @bryanboyer@bryanboyer @GeneLinetsky No more dangerous than regular job. Slightly less, since you're more sensitized to uncertainty/fewer illusions21
zem@zem42·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @bryanboyer @GeneLinetsky but there are no legal protections against unlawful termination2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @bryanboyer @GeneLinetsky While I have some sympathy for the precariat, trotting out tired old leftie protection models is DOA for me11
zem@zem42·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @bryanboyer @GeneLinetsky the leftie protection models are simply a counterbalance against "might makes right". have you a better one?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @bryanboyer @GeneLinetsky Nope. If I did, I'd be a Labor 2.0 firebrand grabbing power as new union boss :D1
bryan boyer@bryanboyer·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @zem42 @GeneLinetsky serious question for a panel I'm helping organize in LDN: who's the most interesting thinker on protections now?11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @bryanboyer@bryanboyer @zem42 @GeneLinetsky I've been asking the same question too. 99% are SJW derpers who want to provoke identity politics wars1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@bryanboyer @zem42 @GeneLinetsky Graeber started out real promising, then went off the rails with outrage2
bryan boyer@bryanboyer·Aug 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @zem42 @GeneLinetsky Graeber lost me with Utopia of Rules. Whining instead of thinking.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @bryanboyer@bryanboyer @zem42 @GeneLinetsky That about describes all of the aspiring new left.8:42 PM · Aug 28, 20152 Likes